Any ideas for how they would even expand on this one? I'm honestly having a hard time coming up with episode scenarios that I would actually watch. I don't think I'd wanna see more random sidequests like the gloink queen.
As for narrative bits they could add in about the real world, or how she stuck there or how she might get out, is that really something they could drag out for a whole series?
Amazing digital circus seems good as a standalone thing, but I just don't see their angle for planning anything bigger than what we've already seen.
>I don't think I'd wanna see more random sidequests like the gloink queen.
Anon, are dumb? That’s the entire premise. It’s basically episodic with a small continuing narrative about looking for a way out.
How many more of those would you want to see before you got bored? At least murder drones is constantly adding new stuff.
>That’s the entire premise
I wouldn't be so sure. Maybe they could do something else with it. I hope.
Really? That is good news. Where did you hear that?
Creators twitter. They said they aren't changing the story in relation to the fans wishes as-well. Seems like the creator is handling it well.
>How many more of those would you want to see before you got bored?
This is a character driven comedy the only way you'd get "Bored" if the writing isnt funny or fun
Pomni trying to escape was the only good part. Everything with the Gloinks was utter trash. If the series is just going to be more shit like the Gloinks every episode I'm out and this series is finished no matter how badly I want to hold Ragatha and cry into her pillowy bosom while she cuddlefricks me to sleep.
>The only good parts were the scenes that just feature a singular character running through empty hallways
Whats the point of even watching this if you liked that the most
I count all the stuff with Kaufmo's abstraction as part of that, too. Pomni's whole A plot. The dumb B plot with the Gloinks was just cringe and tiresome.
If it's any comfort, the whole season was planned out before the pilot was released.
So it’s already better than Vivzieslop. I can’t wait
Has Vivzie had anything about the show yet?
No
The deviv bowed her head because she knew that she'd been beat
He laid that gold play button on the ground at Gooseworx’s feet
Gooseworx said
"Deviv, just come on back if you ever wanna try again
I told you once, you fatass b***h
I'm the best there's ever been"
Goosey, Jax is a man hoe and keep your Pomni scarred
'Cause Hell's broke loose on Twitter, and the fandom deals the cards
And if you win, you get this YouTube button made of gold
But if you lose, then Vivzie gets your show
>Gooseworx’s feet
Nice
Vivzie decided to lay off of social media before TADC came out and she's mostly stuck to that. Most of her social media posts are related to her productions, but she's mostly avoided hot takes and snarky commentary.
It's unknown what she would say about it, but since Goose has worked on productions for her, I could imagine she might hold her tongue?
goose might even still be working on hazbin, evan whathisname is and he's never worked solo, only on stuff with goose
I don’t understand why she didn’t just write the whole thing out from the beginning.
There’s no way that’s true, there’s literally no plot or set up in the pilot
I heard it’s going to only have one season with eight episodes. I’m personally hoping they just “abstract” the whole cast
Here you go.
Ragatha
Sees Pomni entering the red door and confronts her about it.
Jax
Learns to be vulnerable and teach others how to glitch the system.
Gangle
Finds more masks in a vain attempt of feeling other emotions.
Zooble
Get an identity crisis and tries to find pieces for a perfect body and get's disaffected.
Kinger
Remembers the earlier versions of the system.
>they just 'abstract' the whole cast
but why though.
It would be a lot funnier. Especially when it’s revealed that abstraction isn’t a big deal
>but why though
It would make this sort of kiddie show feel a lot darker and more impactful. Especially if it's revealed that the main cast got unlucky enough to be "chosen" for the circus for whatever reason.
I'm thinking this would make a good story, but only if Goose is better at writing than other indie creators. I can see people hating lore when it's poorly written.
Is Murder Drones worth watching?
>Is Murder Drones worth watching?
Murder drones is fine but it kinda sucks if you aren't familiar with author's intentions for the show. After watching the first 6 episodes I wasn't sure what the heck was even going on, and Cinemaphile had to explain it to me.
Although the show makes sense and is enjoyable if you know about that stuff, a part of me still wishes it never deviated from the naive premise of the first two episodes, because it would've been fine if it didn't. Also the humor can be a bit jarring at times, like when her classmates get comedically slaughtered through a school trip, but none of them seem to really care. There are people on Cinemaphile who will defend this, and I don't understand them.
Ambivalence towards death is something that seems to be pushed in the vast majority of modern media.
So many /misc/ theories for this, so little time.
If you are going to die, then Jesus Christ died for your sins and you should turn to him for eternal life. Just in case you need to hear it.
plenty of 90's cartoons had characters die for gags. it's not a "modern media" thing. it's just a trend that swings back and forth.
I think what that anon means by 'ambivalence towards death' is that there's been an uptick in media suggesting that eternal life would be a trillion times worse, and that we should for death as a release from that. That's a theme in TADC and both of its main inspirations
Yeah, honestly I can see this. It's a prominent theme in Murder Drones as well as Amazing Digital Circus.
it isn't a theme in tadc moron
also obviously one of the main inspirations you're talking about is ihnmaims, but what's the other one?
It’s not THE theme but certainly a part of the terror of it is that you can’t leave even by dying. Even the abstracted people aren’t really ‘dead’ and they might even still be sentient
The other one is SOMA
>It’s not THE theme but certainly a part of the terror of it is that you can’t leave even by dying.
okay, but that's not "eternal life is bad"
>The other one is SOMA
That's also not "eternal life is bad"
and in any case you don't even know that the finished show will treat abstraction as a desirable alternative to life in the circus
i strongly believe it will not, because it's a show marketed towards teenagers
yeah the shifting tone makes it impossible for me to enjoy. one second death is a joke, the next i am supposed to be horrified when Uzi is a vampire or whatever.
what are the author's intentions for the show? i started getting annoyed when they pretty much forgot N's crush on V to have shipping moments with Uzi. That sort of inconsistency for the sake of shipping shit is the death knell for a lot of shit.
>Is Murder Drones worth watching?
Not really, in my opinion. It's a lot of bad emo fanfic writing and then it goes all deadspace with an evil meat virus that corrupts robots and wants to kill all life in the universe or some shit. The mystery is boring and the characters are tedious.
>Is Murder Drones worth watching?
Yeah, it's pretty damn good.
I'd definitely give it a try of you're into dark scifi and eldritch horror mystery stories - or if you're into the music and visuals the show goes for. It's all very well done, but whether you enjoy it will defend depend on your personal tastes as it's quite niche compared to something like Digital Circus. Give the first few episodes a try and see if you like it, would be my suggestion. If you're familiar with any of Liam Vicker's previous work you'll most likely enjoy it.
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>Liam Vicker's previous work
I miss her…
Is that a real question? It's going to be a miniseries of 8 episodes about 8 colorful morons living in a creepypasta VR. Approximately 6 of them are amnesiac humans who are desperately looking for an exit and/or on the brink of losing it and turning into a monster, the remaining 2 are AI who are de facto the wardens of the place and gamemasters who come up with dangerous quests to entertain the humans (or...are they?) Any and all of these characters may be not what they appear to be. Do the math, OP.
>Is Murder Drones worth watching?
No.
>Is Murder Drones worth watching?
Yeah, it's worth giving it a watch tonsee if you'll like it. I checked it out after watching Digital Circus. Very different experience, much more schizophrenic and mystery-oriented with a lot of supernatural cyber-eldritch horror shit. Very cool, interesting sci-fi setting that starts leaning into horrific, demonic cosmic horror undertones the more it goes on. I've not really experienced anything like it. The story is a little tough to follow unless you go into it already knowing that you need to pay attention to what is happening so you can stop and catch any important details that pop up - but I had a lot of fun with it and can't wait for more.
I can't say that it's a show for everyone though. See what you think on your own.
>tonsee
Learn to proofread you ADD-riddled fatass.
You seem upset.
You seem fat.
You shouldn't be asking to see strangers' fat wieners online, anon.
What the frick? Anonymous is GAY and likes complimenting guys' dicks on 4chins?
>tfw anon is gay
i shall proceed to nkt do that just to piss you off
>proofread
I think it'd be easy for everyone if you could learn to take your own advice.
Nothing he wrote in that post was grammatically incorrect.
yes you shoyld watch murder drones its a pfetty good show i enjoyedbit quite a bitn waiting for more episodes to drop while also waiting for digital circus
>Jax
>Learns to be vulnerable and teach others how to glitch the system.
cringe
>Gangle
>Finds more masks in a vain attempt of feeling other emotions.
frick yeah more gangle is always good
>Zooble
>Get an identity crisis and tries to find pieces for a perfect body and get's disaffected.
I don’t feel so good, mr stark…
>Kinger
>Remembers the earlier versions of the system.
potentially kino, hopefully it doesn’t devolve into loreshit
Jax's arc will be 'doing progressively worse and worse things and then facing no consequences and learning nothing'
God, I wish.
>Gangle
>Finds more masks in a vain attempt of feeling other emotions.
homie, you've been fricked by 'deep lore' shows. There's no deep lore here, it's either going to be an entirely episodic style hyjinks for a small running, or it'll be a character driven narrative for a slightly longer short running.
I need to ask these questions somewhere
When did “deep lore” become a thing? Is it something creators come up with or something fans imagine because they’re bored? They’re doing it with Kirby, is that why? Then there’s game theory that pioneered that shit instead of doing math videos like they used to. Are there great shows without deep lore? What even is deep lore? Is it separate from regular lore? Is there a fricking gradient for lore? What does a great show with no lore look like?
>homie, you've been fricked by 'deep lore' shows.
No I don't want deep lore. It's just that the setting seems kind of limiting, is all. You know what I mean, right? The whole thing has to be constrained to little scenarios the teeth guy comes up with, or entirely focused on contrived character drama like this
anon came up with.
Compare the setting of digital circus to the setting of something else like dexter's lab or over the garden wall, and it's easy to see how the writing is going to be a bit constrained even for episodic hijinks.
Anon did you miss the part where Caine is a literal god in there and can manifest whatever he wants? That’s the opposite of constraint. If the story needs a jungle, he’ll make a jungle.
The point of the setting is to be about the character development though. The real world exists as nothing more than a hollow want. It is the characters journey to abandon that want and find enlightenment that the show is about. Jax is there, Kofmo couldn't give it up.
>The point of the setting is to be about the character development though.
according to who?
>It is the characters journey to abandon that want and find enlightenment that the show is about.
according to who?
I already knew you were kind of stupid to begin with, but wow. You’re making assertions based entirely on assumption and then trying to draw up some pretentious literary critique about the show based entirely on your made up assertions.
Frick off, man. I liked that anon's response. That was me he was responding to, by the way.
>you can’t call him stupid, he wasn’t talking to you
lmao
What could you possibly like about someone saying “this is what I think the show is supposed to be about and it’s not conforming to it”?
>this is what I think the show is supposed to be about and it’s not conforming to it
Well that's not at all what they said. They said "this is what I think the show is supposed to be about", specifically "this is why I think the show has to be about character development".
It's an acceptable view of how the show is setting itself up, I can see the showrunners going this direction with it. It's not some literary critique like the other moron claimed.
>They said "this is what I think the show is supposed to be about", specifically "this is why I think the show has to be about character development".
But that’s just not true at all. If you read
all of it is just assertions. There is no, “I think.” He’s saying “this is what it is.” And that’s incredibly stupid.
>There is no, “I think.”
Lol fine then, he said "this is why the show has to be about character development". I just mentally add the "I think" in front of all such statements, because it's that one anon's idea.
You're being a bit silly, the op is specifically asking for how the plot is going to work given the constraints of the show.
According to me.
Yes your right that they're assumptions, but they're assumptions based on what we know. The characters have no knowledge of what the real world is except that it's where they're from. It's like if you knew you were in a simulation, but you don't know what's outside the simulation. What's outside the simulation may as well not exist.
As for the journey, that seems obvious because of what the setting is. Caine is in control of everything in the circus except for the people. So, unless it's going to be a war against Caine, it's going to be a story about character development. And seeing as how we see what happens when one character obsesses over the impossibility of getting out, that sets the theme of the show.
Of course this all goes out the window if its nothing more than an adventure of the week.
violence and gore
did anyone watch the shows they made before murder drones with all of the low budget waifus?
I imagine the episodes would be focusing more about the exits as the show progressed until some big reveal happens, whether it's some newly introduced bad guy or some twist villain
Just one thing
>be me
>have the ability to use ai to create entire stories
Do I do it anons?
gave it a go and it's little plain and lengthy with the details i have but considerably well done, can share if anyone would like
There's no need to drum up interest on an anonymous imageboard. Just share and people will either engage or not. Playing hard to get usually just turns people off and makes them more likely to ignore you rather than try to pull everything out of you.
I say this to be helpful, not mean, and because I'd like to read what you wrote.
Well said anon, here's the stuff then
Caine: That was our intro, folks! Now, let's get started with the show. Pomni, our newcomer, I want you to tell me something.
Pomni: What is it?
Caine: What is your greatest fear?
Pomni: What? Uh, well, I guess I'm afraid of spiders and the dark and-
Caine: No, no, no. I'm talking about the fear that keeps you up at night, the fear that haunts your dreams, the fear that makes you tremble in terror!
Pomni: Well, uh, I don't-
Caine: Oh, don't be shy! Let me guess: You're afraid of losing your friends and family, being alone forever, or even, just, the worst-case scenario of-
>(A Gloink interrupts Caine, causing him to groan in annoyance.)
Caine: (To the Gloink) Shoo! I'm trying to conduct an interview here!
Pomni: Um, something like that, I guess.
Caine: Ah, yes. You see, Pomni, we're all afraid of something. It's just a matter of finding out what that is.
Pomni: Yeah, I guess.
Caine: And I'm gonna help you with that.
Pomni: Wait, how are you gonna-
Caine: (Distracted) Uh-huh? (He turns to a Gloink.) What's that, you say? (To the camera.) Well, looks like we've got another adventure on our hands! So let's get started!
>(Caine snaps his fingers and a group of clowns begin juggling balls, but one of them accidentally hits Gangle in the face, knocking her out.)
Kinger: Gangle! (He begins to run to her aid.)
Caine: Ah, ah! Not so fast! I've got a new task for you.
>(Caine snaps his fingers and Kinger is magically transported to a cage of monkeys.)
Kinger: What the- Caine! This is my greatest fear! Let me out!
Caine: (Laughs) Oh, you're hilarious. (He turns to a Gloink.) I think we need some Gloinkin' entertainment!
>(The Gloink begins to dance, with the crowd cheering. Ragatha, however, remains skeptical.)
Ragatha: Uhh, Caine? What exactly is this adventure you're talking about?
Caine: Well, dear Ragatha, I have a surprise for all of you!
>(Caine snaps his fingers, and a clown riding a unicycle appears.)
Clown: Hello there!
>(The clown falls off his unicycle and crashes into a pile of boxes, which collapses on top of him.)
Ragatha: That looks like it really hurt.
Might continue on this later
honestly im perfectly fine with episodic goofy adventures with just light touching on the whole inner workings of the systems, caine, the casts histories, etc
id like that to be the end result i guess
also i made zooble as a roblox avatar do you like it
I like it.
Someone explain to me how some shit like this gets 100 million YouTube views.
I was also confused when Hazbin Hotel got 40 million.
Youtube algorithm and usually just brand new things to watch that captivated people to sit through the end. Take your pick
NOW WHERE THE FRICK IS THE KINGER AND POMNI PINS, GOOSE. I WANT IT NOW YOU MOTHERFRICKER, IT'S BEEN A FULL MONTH NOW AHAGAHSGAHAAAAAAA
not only did it get 100 million views
it got 100 million views, in les than a month
it has over 126 million now
Hazbin hotel doesn't even have 1000 million, it only has a mere 92 million over the course of 4 years
12 dub tracks
It's the greatest internet animation ever made.
Very flattering statement for a 25-minute episode where the protagonist just stumbles around like a self-insert anime girl and all the other characters are just stereotypical children's cartoon character rehashes.
those darn self-insert anime girls and their known qualities for stumbling
Yeah, and? Know what Y/N means? She acts like that.
Nah.
Self-insert anime girls come with their own reverse harem of bishounens.
Caine is male.
Not according to Goose
[citation needed]
That's official art dumbass.
caine isn't on the chart in the first place, so it doesn't indicate anything about his gender
I guess he just really doesn't like girls
It's just extremely marketable.
100 million views is the new 10 million views.
Look at how many views normalgay music videos get these days and re-calibrate.
>Any ideas for how they would even expand on this one?
well I think its essential that the characters' fates remain uncertain
I'd like it if they determined its possible to escape but also possible to end up deleted, dead irl, trapped forever, abstracted etc. in the attempt
that would mean there are lots of possible ending scenarios like "everyone escapes" "everyone ends up well and truly trapped" "some characters escape but others remain trapped"
there are lots of cyber sec concepts and video game glitches to take inspiration from to think of ways the human characters can try to take control of their situation, imagine Jax catapulting across the circus by bunny hopping or Kinger accidentally causing a buffer overflow replacing critical code with garbage data
It's about examining the characters.
I mean for frick's sake it ends on the cliffhanger of "what's Pomni going to do now it's sunken into her that there is no escape" and you somehow think it works best as a standalone short?
I want Jax to be secretly an unwashed neet who's even more pathetic than pomni. I want his simps to be destroyed.
>I want his simps to be destroyed.
Anon, I.....
Is this the type of man that appeals to Goose
Perhaps
The formula they set up is pretty full proof
>The performers wake up, banter ensues
>Caine has a new adventure for them
>Somehow the adventuring finds some glitch in the circus that alludes to its true nature, pushing the adventure into a background b-plot
>resolve the glitch and the adventure in one fell swoop
Throw in a few twists, one character uncovers a memory, another isn't what they seem, and then just don't frick up the finale.
that's a bit too plot-focused for a character-driven show
it really is just that simple. i'm pretty confident it will be able to stick the landing.
Pretty sure the entire Season is probably finished with some minor post production edits
they haven't started animating anything beyond the pilot. last i heard they were figuring out if they'd have room to squeeze out a 9th episode into the budget or not.
>last i heard they were figuring out if they'd have room to squeeze out a 9th episode into the budget or not
[citation needed]
I would be extremely surprised if episode 2 didn't drop within the next 12 months - Murder Drones episode 2 dropped within 12 months of the pilot.
they did a q&a with goosewerx for their big indie animation stream event they had a week or so ago.
Episode 2 is going to probably be a sizeable gap, but then i imagine that the rest of the episodes will be within a month of eachother after that.
>they did a q&a with goosewerx for their big indie animation stream event they had a week or so ago.
and i don't remember anyone mentioning anything about a ninth episode there
it was when they were answering a question about a beach episode.
i think that may have been a joke
I would be extremely surprised if episode 2 drops within the next 12 months. It's fun watching it slowly dawn on the fandom that there's not going to be new content for a while
Wait until it comes out.
Did you made it?
No.
I did not give a shit about this man but I’ve slowly become a Kaufmobro with all this fan art floating around
Cool stuff
Will pic related happen?
no, too fanon-fueled, looks dumb anyways
Fair. What about this pic?
that's just how he usually acts
I’m talking about the thing he’s reacting too
So cute
bnuy
my headcanon voice for kaufmo is choose goose
nah he's definitely Wallace Shawn
>Caine works with Pomni to come up with a circus performance
>Everyone else already has a bit
>Training montage with lots of failures, but slowly getting better
>She finally nails it
>Out of nowhere there's thunderous applause
>Camera pans, the circus has an audience today
>Caine pops up to announce the end of the performance, asks everyone to please come again
>You see everyone in the audience pull their headsets to log out
>Pomni just standing there dumbstruck
>I'm honestly having a hard time coming up with episode scenarios that I would actually watch
good thing you arent writing it then, moron.
🙁
Someone get him out of that ball pit before he gets PINKEYE!
Keno, hey. Is that you?
It's spelled KINO with an I instead of an E, and the Digital Circus is NOT kino.
hi
Nice to see you. There’s currently another thread discussing crackships on helluva. OP pic is StellaXMammon. Want to see?
That looks like a party over there
Jax somehow getting teleported out of TADC, but thinking it’s all an adventure seems fun. I’d imagine he’d willingly return to the circus due to him not knowing he was free. Only for it to be revealed to him that he really was free for a second and he screwed up his only chance for freedom. The bunny has no mouth and it must scream.
i actually had it as the entire cast (with kinger, gangle, and zooble as well, but i was just too lazy to draw them)
how would the TADC cast react to seeing a black person
Ranging from jealousy to complete freakout based on how long they’ve been in the circus. I imagine Kinger has completely forgotten what a human looks like at this point
Is gooseworx trans? Her voice is very deep
That art style with that kind of nihilist story with that many clicks, what do you think?
In other news, Gloink Queen’s coming back https://twitter.com/GooseworxMusic/status/1726899146597298273?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Idk it felt very derivative of DHMIS and one of it's creators is a bio female
No, DHMIS goes all the way with it’s horror. TADC just feels like toys fricking around like in Raggedy Ann
I’m talking about the artist
I think we all know TADC is heading in a horror direction, and it's very obvious the creator was inspired by DHMIS
TADC is explicitly not horror and while Gooseworx has watched and liked DHMIS she has never cited it as an inspiration for TADC
By that definition, DHMIS is also not horror. A creator doesn't have to explicitly state they're inspired by a thing for people to see clear signs of inspiration from it, either.
DHMIS tries to scare the viewer much more than TADC does.
>clear signs of inspiration
"hurr looks like kids thing but has dark elements one must be inspired by the other"
DHMIS literally has gore.
Yes, Troonsworx, he is a troony.
So is Kaufmo dead or can Caine fix him or what?
What do you think?
I just hope there is a happy ending to this story.
I fricking hate autistic FOTMs
yea
Intentionally pulls the rug out from under the audience and has Caine realize the truth early on.
This leads to him having a breakdown as he tries to comfort his unwanted prisoners while searching for an exit
They should just do crazy challenges using the areas they have plus the dreamcore backrooms doors to give VERY mild hints about their human life
I would like for there to be other people being forced to "run" the other areas on the map